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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Sat Dec 24, 2016, 03:39 PM Dec 2016

Julian Assange: Hillary Clinton 'Tried to Destroy Us' and Failed

by Josh Feldman | 2:49 pm, December 24th, 2016

Julian Assange is speaking out in a new interview reflecting on Wikileaks’ role in the U.S. election.

Assange spoke with La Repubblica and immediately dismissed the idea that he was in the business of helping Donald Trump. And he has this assessment of how Trump’s team is beginning to form:

“Donald Trump is not a DC insider, he is part of the wealthy ruling elite of the United States, and he is gathering around him a spectrum of other rich people and several idiosyncratic personalities. They do not by themselves form an existing structure, so it is a weak structure which is displacing and destabilising the pre-existing central power network within DC. It is a new patronage structure which will evolve rapidly, but at the moment its looseness means there are opportunities for change in the United States: change for the worse and change for the better.”


As for Hillary Clinton, Assange is far more critical. He claims, “It is clear that she pursued this war in Libya as a staging effort for her Presidential bid.”

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Julian Assange: Hillary Clinton 'Tried to Destroy Us' and Failed (Original Post) DonViejo Dec 2016 OP
Hey Rapist Assange. WhiteTara Dec 2016 #1
Coward Assange charlyvi Dec 2016 #4
I think he belongs in Jail. nt WhiteTara Dec 2016 #7
If he were half as smart as he thinks he is charlyvi Dec 2016 #8
If Clinton is *still* in the business of destroying Assange, I would like to help Kolesar Dec 2016 #2
Rapists support one another MFM008 Dec 2016 #3
"several idiosyncratic personalities." - oh that's what they are? JHan Dec 2016 #5
Eat shit and die, Assange. (nt) Paladin Dec 2016 #6
This! k&r eom BlueCaliDem Dec 2016 #28
there is a special place in hell for Julian! hrmjustin Dec 2016 #9
I hope he rots in the Ecuadorian embassy still_one Dec 2016 #10
... Cha Dec 2016 #18
Only thing wrong with that.. NastyRiffraff Dec 2016 #24
Good question. YES is the answer. n/t MBS Dec 2016 #25
Anyone else find his statement a little disconcerting.... Docreed2003 Dec 2016 #11
Lovely, more bullshit from the the rapist pig ismnotwasm Dec 2016 #12
F*ck Julian Assange! eom BlueMTexpat Dec 2016 #13
What a sad, weak, ineffectual little man! MineralMan Dec 2016 #14
Julian Who? Hekate Dec 2016 #15
Rapist helps get rapist elected, but, HEY...HEY look over there.... HIIIILLAAAAAARYYYYY BAAAAAAD!!!! JTFrog Dec 2016 #16
Who knew he was ******* idiot? Cha Dec 2016 #17
I can't wait until this POS gets what is coming to him. n/t Tatiana Dec 2016 #19
I hope your penis shrivels up and falls off before you eyes, Pathwalker Dec 2016 #20
Comey and Assange are two sides of the same reprehensible coin. oasis Dec 2016 #21
" " " " n/t MBS Dec 2016 #27
I was never fooled by this guy, and neither was Stephen Colbert stevenleser Dec 2016 #22
I hope he rots in that embassy. AgadorSparticus Dec 2016 #23
Why to we have to listen to this foreign fuck face.... Historic NY Dec 2016 #26
Trump to inherit more than 100 court vacancies, plans to reshape judiciary still_one Dec 2016 #29
He must be on the russian payroll. hollowdweller Dec 2016 #30
Dead man talking... pbmus Dec 2016 #31
I want to see this asshole in prison...... dawnie51 Dec 2016 #32

charlyvi

(6,537 posts)
8. If he were half as smart as he thinks he is
Sat Dec 24, 2016, 04:10 PM
Dec 2016

He wouldn't be living in one room at an embassy. He has made himself a joke.....a caricature of his "freedom of information" bullshit. No matter who it hurts or kills, no matter who suffers for his arrogance and rigidity. Just blow shit up and see what happens, just because he can.

Kolesar

(31,182 posts)
2. If Clinton is *still* in the business of destroying Assange, I would like to help
Sat Dec 24, 2016, 03:47 PM
Dec 2016

An article at Slate.com stated that he was obviously working for the republicans during this election.
His material obviously came from Russia with the imprimateur of Vladimir Putin.

JHan

(10,173 posts)
5. "several idiosyncratic personalities." - oh that's what they are?
Sat Dec 24, 2016, 03:51 PM
Dec 2016

I'll never know why people still hero-worship this narcissistic jackass

#SuckerBornEveryMinute

Docreed2003

(17,760 posts)
11. Anyone else find his statement a little disconcerting....
Sat Dec 24, 2016, 04:56 PM
Dec 2016

Assange is basically saying that the Trump presidency and administration would be easily manipulated by outside forces for good or for evil....I think this is entirely true. Who's pulling the strings, and how far will they be allowed to go??

 

JTFrog

(14,274 posts)
16. Rapist helps get rapist elected, but, HEY...HEY look over there.... HIIIILLAAAAAARYYYYY BAAAAAAD!!!!
Sat Dec 24, 2016, 08:35 PM
Dec 2016


He can fuck right off.

Historic NY

(37,819 posts)
26. Why to we have to listen to this foreign fuck face....
Mon Dec 26, 2016, 12:54 PM
Dec 2016

someone needs to rip him off the balcony at the embassy and feed him to the wolves.

still_one

(96,440 posts)
29. Trump to inherit more than 100 court vacancies, plans to reshape judiciary
Mon Dec 26, 2016, 01:05 PM
Dec 2016






"Donald Trump is set to inherit an uncommon number of vacancies in the federal courts in addition to the open Supreme Court seat, giving the president-elect a monumental opportunity to reshape the judiciary after taking office.

The estimated 103 judicial vacancies that President Obama is expected to hand over to Trump in the Jan. 20 transition of power is nearly double the 54 openings Obama found eight years ago following George W. Bush’s presidency.

Confirmation of Obama’s judicial nominees slowed to a crawl after Republicans took control of the Senate in 2015. Obama White House officials blame Senate Republicans for what they characterize as an unprecedented level of obstruction in blocking the Democratic president’s court picks."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-to-inherit-more-than-100-court-vacancies-plans-to-reshape-judiciary/2016/12/25/d190dd18-c928-11e6-85b5-76616a33048d_story.html?utm_term=.5483ec7c5458






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dawnie51

(959 posts)
32. I want to see this asshole in prison......
Mon Dec 26, 2016, 02:25 PM
Dec 2016

hopefully soon. He is useless to them now, having served his diabolical purpose.

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